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February 6, 2006
Philadelphia
I love spending the night in a hotel. It’s a treat for me to be in an uncluttered room. I got the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown on 12th and Market for $47 on Priceline + taxes and fees. The room was lovely, it was at most a ten minute walk from the ballet and I even had a view of City Hall from my room. There is also a very large fitness center including a pool and at least ten treadmills.
Connie and I had planned to go to Singapore, our favorite Chinese vegetarian restaurant to commune with the heavenly orange non-beef. My friend Dale had also decided to go down to see the performances and we were surprised by a friend from Los Angeles who had flown in for the day to see the performance! So we all headed to the restaurant and even Dale, as confirmed a carnivore as me, agreed that the orange non-beef was celestial.
The one drawback to the Marriott was that at 6:46 am, someone pulled a fire alarm, starting off a very Orwellian loudspeaker alarm. Waking up to noises and flashing lights, it took me about half a minute to realize where I was. It was a false alarm, but I noticed the view out the window of City Hall and Philadelphia’s mirrored skyscrapers, now against a background of the most beautiful lapis sky. I would have missed it if the alarm hadn’t have gone off. I admired it for a few minutes before going back to bed. You never know when a bad situation is going to turn itself inside-out to become an opportunity.
Posted by Leigh Witchel at February 6, 2006 9:46 PM
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The evening I saw the Balanchine triple bill, we ate at a fairly new place called Sahara on Walnut between Broad and 13th. Very nice traditional Middle Eastern food - humus, stuffed vine leaves, grilled meat, etc. My husband approved of the humus which doesn't happen often in the US.
Posted by: GWTW at February 7, 2006 11:03 PM
Dale and I ate lunch there before the Saturday matinee! It's where Connie and I usually go for lunch as well. The waiter has a really nice chest :) Food's good too!
Posted by: Leigh Witchel at February 7, 2006 11:06 PM
We had a waitress. I really didn't notice her chest. :-)
Posted by: GWTW at February 8, 2006 11:31 PM